HOT! CompUSA Midnight Madness Sale! Wednesday 11/23!

[oslama]

too many rebates on sub par products.

 

[Vetterin]

FYI, don't expect to receive any rebates from Hawking in LESS than 12 weeks. They have been processing a $10 rebate for me since 8/12/05. As of yesterday they said I should be receiving it in the next 2 weeks........Yeah, right!!!

 

[timswim78]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...catid=40&threadid=984199&enterthread=y

What about COURTESY?

No thread crapping. If the subject matter of a deal does not interest you, do not post negative comments about it, or about other members, in the thread.

 

[unclebud]

"Although I personally wouldn't get that e-machine I'm thinking about recommending it to someone with a really outdated machine. If I popped an older 9800 pro and some more RAM in would that be a decent PC or should it be avoided at all costs?"

it uses the first k8m-800 like the other emachine amds they offer?
i have the 6405 and it is the flagship (for me)
will need to install a new power supply imoime though to use that 9800pro
i had a 300w bestec and it shut down once after i had installed a fx5900
replaced it with that forever rebate mad dog 350w and no problems since

"OK, enough crapping on this guy's thread already."

i completely agree. but have noticed most people here complain because they can't find deals on their own.
i never seen any of them post a hot deal here
hence their voiced frustration with themselves

"I think that the 512MB CF or SD card for $19.99 after one mail-in-rebate is pretty good."

for those who have circuit cities nearby they will have 1gb for $29.99 ar ($20 i think?)

 

[MikeNox]

Originally posted by: Madman34
Any info in the 19" LCD Does it have DVI ?

It has HDMI, and you can get an hdmi to DVI converter for about $25.

 

[Devistater]

BTW, it says midnight madness. But then it says good from 6pm to midnight. So dont show up at midnight expecting the really good deals, they will be gone

Originally posted by: kyparrish
$89.99 upconverting DVD player w/ HDMI cable looks kind of hot :thumbsup:

You should look into the philips dvp 642 player. It will play divx/xvid, subs, etc. And you can get it for $50 on sale. Until the blu-ray and hd dvd stuff comes, then you'll want something for hdtv. Normal DVD max res is around 700x500 so anything higher doesn't really help much.

 

[Macro2]

The e-machine is not a bad machine. I have the same one. How soon can you cancel AOL?

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: Macro2
The e-machine is not a bad machine. I have the same one. How soon can you cancel AOL?

I'm betting its a year contract.

 

[Macro2]

It's a joke then. You can get basically the same computer with a monitor for $299 at OD.
Sell the monitor for $50-75.

 

[hawksballer]

eh crapUSA rebates I was at their day before thanksgiving sale last year and half of the rebates never came even though I had copies of everything and even called a few people at the rebate places

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior

Originally posted by: Madman34
Any info in the 19" LCD Does it have DVI ?

Just type the sku in at compusa.com
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=334768

The manufacturer is "Famous Maker?"

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: MikeNox

Originally posted by: Madman34
Any info in the 19" LCD Does it have DVI ?

It has HDMI, and you can get an hdmi to DVI converter for about $25.

PI Manufacturing has the adaptors for as low as $6.

 

[imported_dealgrabber]

Well for those that do go to the sale, let us know what you got!

 

[eLiu]

How does the AOL thing work?

 

[spc hink]

"Brand Name 19-inch Monitor"
-is this a good brand?

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: eLiu
How does the AOL thing work?

Ripped from SD, note the implication that its a year signup as I mentioned earlier:

$250 Gift Card w/ AOL Sign up.
Look on page 1 for the terms. They have a $15/mo plan, so 12 x $15 = $180 total. You're getting paid $70 to sign up.

And yes, there's a cancelation fee.

Originally posted by: spc hink
"Brand Name 19-inch Monitor"
-is this a good brand?

Sure if you like low resolution with only VGA input. A quick search for the item # in the add turns up this link:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=334768&pfp=srch1

 

[spc hink]

I am still laughing at "brand name," and even more the actual brand name.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: Devistater

Originally posted by: eLiu
How does the AOL thing work?

Ripped from SD, note the implication that its a year signup as I mentioned earlier:

$250 Gift Card w/ AOL Sign up.
Look on page 1 for the terms. They have a $15/mo plan, so 12 x $15 = $180 total. You're getting paid $70 to sign up.

And yes, there's a cancelation fee.

Originally posted by: spc hink
"Brand Name 19-inch Monitor"
-is this a good brand?

Sure if you like low resolution with only VGA input. A quick search for the item # in the add turns up this link:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=334768&pfp=srch1

Most of the forum folks have broadband available, but that AOL dial up account can be really handy for laptop travelers. I am considering these deals on that basis alone.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: skyking
Most of the forum folks have broadband available, but that AOL dial up account can be really handy for laptop travelers. I am considering these deals on that basis alone.

If you have broadband, make sure to check them. Many/most large broadband providers also provide dial up for travel or use if broadband fails. I know SBC does (the DSL I use). They usually have numbers in all the major cities, often the smaller ones too, they just let you use the dialup numbers that thier dialup subscribers use.

The $15 a month aol is for if you use your own ISP. If you were to use it for dialup you'd need to pay the $24 a month, which would then be more than the $250 discount is worth.

Personally I suggest you avoid AOL like the plague. Last time I tried it was when I was having DSL put in after a move, I needed something to use for a month. It screwed my system up so bad with its custom crap TCP/IP crap that I had to format and reinstall windows.

 

[Jbog]

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=334768&pfp=srch1

Looks just like Samsung 914v except it lacks Samsung logo on the monitor itself.

 

[hifi]

i got my rebate back for my Averatec laptop tho, $150, forgot it was the manufacturer or crapUSA..

 

[Whiskyboy]

First off, Thanks OP!

Second, I'm drooling a bit over that Treo 650 deal... those without previous sprint service are looking at one hell of a deal considering that phone still goes for $400 in most places. Only $50 worth of rebates as well, everything else shows as instant. Now that sprint has bluetooth DUN unlocked and the data plan is only $10/month, count me in.

Cheers

 

[allisolm]

I don't know about elsewhere, but there was no ad for this sale in my newspaper today. It looks like word of mouth which makes my chances for getting what I want much better.

 

[SunnyD]

Not hot - most of what's listed is after MIR. MIR sucks.

 

[Pakman]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
$89.99 upconverting DVD player w/ HDMI cable looks kind of hot :thumbsup:

What good is an upconverting DVD player if standard DVDs are only 480P anyways. I don't see how it's gonna do any good considering most HDTVs up convert the signal anyways. I may be wrong, but this is something I'm kinda interested to know. Somebody school me.